The preliminary results of Germany’s national election on Sunday are in, with conservative parties winning the most votes and the far-right nearly doubling its seats in the national legislature.

The Christian Democrats, AfD and Die Linke won more votes than in the last general election. Far left Center left Center left Liberal There were smaller surprises, including the last-minute surge ...

An astounding map that has emerged from Germany’s general election has shown just how divided the nation at the heart of Europe is.

To look at a recent electoral map of Germany is like looking at a ... The day before the election, the AfD held a rally in Erfurt, the capital of the east German state of Thuringia, which has ...

Feeling fed up and ignored by mainstream parties, many in what was East Germany have flocked to the far right - with the AfD picking up more than 38% of the vote in one state.

prevailed with 28.5% of the vote in Sunday's elections in Germany, thus averting for now the access to power of the far-right AfD (Alternative für Deutschland), for whom US Department of ...

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Co-leader Alice Weidel’s AfD has nearly doubled its representation in the Bundestag, winning just 85 seats in the 2021 elections - and crucially, taking its national support from 10.4 per cent to 20.8 ...

Co-leader Alice Weidel’s AfD has nearly doubled its representation in the Bundestag, winning just 85 seats in the 2021 elections - and crucially, taking its national support from 10.4 per cent ...